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Pine straw in Compost




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Pine straw in Compost

Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:47 pm

Mixed with my leaves I have a bunch of pine straw ---
I had heard that pine straw should only minimally be used in compost.
I looked on the web and I got conflicting information --
I searched the forum -- and I didn't find anything.

Is it ok? Should I only add a little? Does it matter?

Thank you,

Silvia
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Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:11 am

Silvia,

I'm no expert, but here is a link to the thread on the pine needles Hope this answers your questions.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:11 am

Thanks :D -- I need to work on my searching skills :shock:
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Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:19 pm

the only problem I found was they compost slow......but if you keep turning and adding food scraps to the pile they will break down given about 4 months or so.....
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10 percent rule

Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:54 pm

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Add no more than ten percent at a time and it's a non-issue.

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